Lawr. Burke & Co. №1
Lawrence Burke & Co. №1 is a preserved 2-4-0T built by Quickley, Lynwood & Cokes in 1868.
Ordered by the contractor Lawrence Burke, №1 (as she was then known) was used in the construction of various railway projects including the shunting yard at Fiddler's Green Quay, the GN&SR's Hanley - () branchline and the East Kirkhamshire Railways's () extention. In 1891, she was sold to Vernon Frye and was given the name "Bee Hummingbird". She was used on his private railway for six years until her sale to Alexander Hitchens; here she gained another new identity as №6 "Shosanna", she was moved to the Isle of () and used to build the Minsden & Westport Railway where she later worked as their №1 "Westport". As №1, she worked on the M&WR until 1920; after which the ENR deemed her surplus to requirement, №1 was layed up at Minsden for the following two years.
She was purchased by Arthur Crawford in 1922 to run on his Croughton Valley Railway, along with several items of rolling stock crossed back over the () Channel and ran the 78 mile journey under her own power to Croughton where she was given yet another identity, this time as №8. She worked on the CVR until it's closure in 1949; she was sold at auction to the Valentine Collieries Light Railway to run on their paddy trains, though she was more often used to shunt trains at St. Giles Pit aswell as run trains from here to one of the larger shunting yards. Suffering a broken spring in 1971, №8 was set aside for the final time though a group of volunteers from St. Giiles Pit purchased her in the same year with plans to restore her at a private site. She was moved to the ()field Railway in 1978 after little restoration work had been carried out, she was moved to their works as a long term project.
№8 emerged from Eithne South Works in 1993 in her old guise of "Shosanna", though she wouldn't carry numberplates until the following year. Shosanna ran on the ()field Railway for 19 years until she was sold to the Shipston Valley Light Railway where she still resides today, though rebuilt in her original cabless form. She is one of four period accurate locomotives on the railway for their Arthurian-Era train.
Ordered by the contractor Lawrence Burke, №1 (as she was then known) was used in the construction of various railway projects including the shunting yard at Fiddler's Green Quay, the GN&SR's Hanley - () branchline and the East Kirkhamshire Railways's () extention. In 1891, she was sold to Vernon Frye and was given the name "Bee Hummingbird". She was used on his private railway for six years until her sale to Alexander Hitchens; here she gained another new identity as №6 "Shosanna", she was moved to the Isle of () and used to build the Minsden & Westport Railway where she later worked as their №1 "Westport". As №1, she worked on the M&WR until 1920; after which the ENR deemed her surplus to requirement, №1 was layed up at Minsden for the following two years.
She was purchased by Arthur Crawford in 1922 to run on his Croughton Valley Railway, along with several items of rolling stock crossed back over the () Channel and ran the 78 mile journey under her own power to Croughton where she was given yet another identity, this time as №8. She worked on the CVR until it's closure in 1949; she was sold at auction to the Valentine Collieries Light Railway to run on their paddy trains, though she was more often used to shunt trains at St. Giles Pit aswell as run trains from here to one of the larger shunting yards. Suffering a broken spring in 1971, №8 was set aside for the final time though a group of volunteers from St. Giiles Pit purchased her in the same year with plans to restore her at a private site. She was moved to the ()field Railway in 1978 after little restoration work had been carried out, she was moved to their works as a long term project.
№8 emerged from Eithne South Works in 1993 in her old guise of "Shosanna", though she wouldn't carry numberplates until the following year. Shosanna ran on the ()field Railway for 19 years until she was sold to the Shipston Valley Light Railway where she still resides today, though rebuilt in her original cabless form. She is one of four period accurate locomotives on the railway for their Arthurian-Era train.
Manufacturer:
(Works №2/1868)
Build Year:
1868
Driving Wheel Dia. :
4 ft 3 in (1.311 m)
Leading Wheel Dia. :
2 ft 9 in (0.838 m)
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